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<p>The Independent is the exclusive media partner of Pride in London</p>
LiveNews

Parade route, times and map as one million expected in London

This year’s theme is ‘Never March Alone’ in support of trans and non-binary allyship

News

My life after leaving countries dangerous for LGBT+ community

    <p>Since retiring last year, Gunning now works to inspire people to swim and pushes for LGBT+ rights around the world </p>
    News

    ‘If they knew about my sexuality, I don’t think they’d have encouraged me to swim for Jamaica’

    PRIDE MONTH

    The LGBT+ parents denied legal recognition

    Gary Lineker (Andy Kelvin/PA)
    UK

    Gary Lineker’s history of controversial tweets as top-earning BBC presenter

    Projects have included creating community gardens with opportunities for volunteering (Emily Beament/PA)
    News

    £5m scheme boosts nature for hundreds of communities across UK, report shows

    <p>Daniel Craig, Luca Guadagnino, and Drew Starkey at the 81st International Venice Film Festival</p>
    News

    Turkey film festival cancelled after ban on Daniel Craig-starrer Queer

    Lifestyle

    LGBT+ crisis hotlines surged with calls after Trump election win

    <p>Joe Lycett announced he has become a father to a baby boy</p>
    Voices

    Joe Lycett, you’re dad to me now

    Kemi Badenoch’s husband Hamish applauds as she was announced as the new Conservative Party leader (Stefan Rousseau/PA).
    UK

    Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power

    <p>Clubbers in Brighton: ‘Most people in the UK are at a very low risk of being affected’ </p>
    Voices

    Should clubbers now be worried about catching Mpox?

    Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch (Peter Nicholls/PA)
    UK

    Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power

    Craig Jones of Fighting With Pride said that the proposed compensation was ‘inadequate’ (Gareth Fuller/PA)
    UK

    Calls for adequate compensation for veterans who suffered under ‘gay ban’

    UK

    Calls for adequate compensation for veterans who suffered under ‘gay ban’

    Craig Jones of Fighting With Pride said that the proposed compensation was ‘inadequate’ (Gareth Fuller/PA)
    <p>78 per cent of primary school children reporting hearing homophobic language at school </p>
    Home News

    Homophobia rife in schools as 78% of children report hearing insults

    <p>Nadia Almada proved to be extremely popular when she appeared on the fifth season of the show in 2004, winning a huge 74 per cent of the vote when she was crowned the winner</p>
    News

    Big Brother’s first trans winner says show broke her

    <p>School officials are installing windows in the gender-inclusive bathrooms at Emory H. Markle Middle School in Parkville, Pennsylvania, sparking concern from community members and LGBTQ+ advocates</p>
    Americas

    School under fire for installing windows in gender-inclusive bathrooms

    Kristie Higgs and several supporters were at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday (Lucy North/PA)
    Crime

    Dismissed Christian school worker had free speech rights ‘violated’, court told

    Kristie Higgs and several supporters were at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday (Lucy North/PA)
    Crime

    Dismissed Christian school worker had free speech rights ‘violated’, court told

    A challenge by school worker Kristie Higgs against her dismissal over Facebook posts criticising plans to teach about LGBT+ relationships in schools has begun at the Court of Appeal (Lucy North/PA)
    Crime

    Christian sacked over online posts says ahead of court battle she is ‘not alone’

    Kristie Huggs (Christian Legal Centre/PA)
    Crime

    Court to hear Christian school worker’s appeal against dismissal over LGBT posts

    <p>Rekjavik, Iceland is one of the best spots for LGBT+ travellers looking to book a getaway for their wedding anniversary </p>
    Inspiration

    Best LGBT+ friendly wedding anniversary locations

    <p>‘Trans rights are human rights’ sign at the London Trans Pride march on Saturday 27th July</p>
    Culture

    Trans Pride London marchers on what it means to be transgender in 2024

    <p>Sensible and slow? There’s actually lots more to Zurich </p>
    Switzerland

    Could this ‘dull’ Swiss city become Europe’s queer capital?

    <p>Participants march during the Budapest Pride Parade earlier this month</p>
    Europe

    ‘A bubble of terror’: Hungary’s LGBT+ community on life under Orban

    <p>Manuel Guerrero Aviña is now facing deportation without justice, according to his family </p>
    LGBT+

    Briton ‘faces deportation without justice after Qatar Grindr set-up’

    Lifestyle

    Inside The Independent’s historic LGBTQ+ photo archive at Outernet

    <p>Participants march during the Budapest Pride Parade earlier this month</p>
    Europe

    ‘A bubble of terror’: Hungary’s LGBT+ community on life under Orban

    <p>Manuel Guerrero Aviña is now facing deportation without justice, according to his family </p>
    LGBT+

    Briton ‘faces deportation without justice after Qatar Grindr set-up’

    Lifestyle

    Inside The Independent’s historic LGBTQ+ photo archive at Outernet

    <p>Victoria McCloud fears a landmark case could reverse years of progress for trans people </p>
    LGBT+

    Britain going backwards on trans rights, warns first trans judge

    LGBT+

    Britain going backwards on trans rights, warns first trans judge

    <p>Victoria McCloud fears a landmark case could reverse years of progress for trans people </p>
    <p>Andrew Scott, Alex Scott, Ncuti Gatwa, Crystal and Wes Streeting are all recognised in this year’s Pride List </p><p></p>
    LGBT+

    The Independent Pride List 2024: the LGBT+ people making change happen

    <p>Madrid is popular as an LGBT+ spot </p>
    Inspiration

    The best LGBT-friendly holiday destinations around the world

    <p>Ghana has generally been considered more respectful of human rights than most African countries</p>
    LGBT+

    Ghana anti-gay bill condemned by UN as ‘profoundly disturbing’

    <p>Twin Palms is a place to kick back, relax and bare all </p>
    California

    Naked attraction: Inside Palm Springs’ clothing-optional hotels

    <p>Twin Palms is a place to kick back, relax and bare all </p>
    California

    Naked attraction: Inside Palm Springs’ clothing-optional hotels

    <p>Stonewall helpers get ready for age of consent lobby. 21 February 1994</p>
    Culture

    Pride Month: Top photographs from The Independent archive

    <p>Watch live: Hong Kong celebrates Asia’s first Gay Games with opening ceremony</p>
    Sport

    Watch: Hong Kong celebrates Asia’s first Gay Games

    Celebrity news

    Rod Stewart turns down Saudi Arabia gig ‘to shine light on injustices’

    <p>Members of the trans community have expressed fear and upset at their experiences of a less tolerant Britain</p>
    Home News

    Chased in the street for wearing heels: Trans people on hate crimes

    <p>Voters have had enough of Suella Braverman’s culture wars</p>
    Politics Explained

    Why Tories are opening a new front in the culture wars

    <p>A previous attempt to open in Britain failed </p>
    LGBT+

    Chick-fil-A in second UK launch attempt after LGBT+ rights backlash

    <p>File photo of a flag supporting LGBT+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, 28 March 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas</p>
    Americas

    Canada warns LGBT+ travelers over visits to the US

    <p>House of Kawakubo members rehearse for an upcoming event </p>
    LGBT+

    Shanghai’s ‘voguing’ dancers step lightly to avoid official gaze

    <p>Members of the LGBT+ community take part in the annual Pride Parade in the streets of London</p>
    LiveNews

    Huge crowds turn out for Pride with march through London – live

    <p>One group marching again this year is Quailors, a group of tailors and crafts people </p>
    News

    ‘An act of protest’: Pride marchers on why support is needed once more

    <p>The unauthorised Pride march in Istanbul on Sunday before police swooped in to make arrests</p>
    News

    Turkish police detain 100 at banned Pride marches

    News

    Turkish police detain 100 at banned Pride marches

    <p>The unauthorised Pride march in Istanbul on Sunday before police swooped in to make arrests</p>
    <p>Ananya Kotia (left) and Utkarsh Saxena outside the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, on 26 April 2023</p>
    News

    Meet the couple fighting for love and marriage equality in India

    News

    Joy, acceptance and big dresses: the hunt for Pride’s top talent

    Lifestyle

    Demi Lovato reveals why she changed pronouns again

    Lifestyle

    Why The Picture of Dorian Gray is ‘casually bisexual’

    Lifestyle

    Why The Picture of Dorian Gray is ‘casually bisexual’

    <p>British Vogue has released its first braille editions for blind and partially sighted people (Jonathan Hordle/PA)</p>
    Fashion

    Vogue editor-in-chief: I was ‘petrified’ of coming out as a young man

    <p>A picket against Uganda’s anti-LGBT+ law </p>
    News

    Welby urges Uganda’s Anglican Church to reject anti-gay law

    Lifestyle

    Watch Naoise Dolan explain fiction’s queer relationship problem

    News

    The Independent Pride List: Top 50 LGBT+ change-makers of the year

    News

    Florida school board member demands ‘inclusion’ stay out of schools

    Lifestyle

    Pregnant transgender man Logan Brown stars on cover of Glamour UK

    <p>Asuman Basalirwa, a politician who promoted Uganda’s new anti-LGBT+ law, leads supporters in Kampala</p>
    Africa

    ‘Nobody will move us’: Uganda president doubles down on anti-LGBT+ law

    <p>Supporters of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate in Istanbul</p>
    Europe

    Erdogan uses victory speech to rant against ‘LGBT forces’

    <p>Celebrations outside Nagoya District Court in Japan on Tuesday after the ruling that the bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional</p>
    LGBT+

    ‘Major step’ as Japan court rules against same-sex marriage ban

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